PERSPECTIVES

Reasons to Watch ‘Pathaan’: The Molten Gold of SRK’s Magic Might Yet Hold All the Broken Pieces of India Together

My five reasons to watch “Pathaan.” The “paisa-vasool” Bollywood movie genre is back with a…

My Wife, Lekha: She Faced Each Day Like Samuel Beckett Did, Saying to Herself, ‘I Can’t Go On. I’ll Go On’

Confronting death is a painful experience, particularly when it happens to someone who has been…

Falling in Love With a Grump: It’s a Pleasure to Watch Tom Hanks in ‘A Man Called Otto’

Otto is a palindrome — spelled the same forward and backward like Malayalam, kayak, level,…

The Dhanush Predicament: Green Card Backlog Adversely Affects Career Choices of Young Indian Legal Immigrants

As the new year begins, new legislatures convene in state legislative chambers across the country…

My Mom is a Blonde With Blue Eyes: Identity Crisis and Other Struggles of Indian Children Raised in White American Families

Americans adopting children from India is not new. In 2021, India sent 245 children, the…

I No Longer Think a Hero is a Handsome Bollywood Actor. I’ve Grown Up to Realize a Hero is One Who Cares

When my son was about eight years old, I complimented him on his new shirt…

‘RRR’ Projects White People in Cruel and Vile Terms, Even as Team Behind it Cravenly Seeks Approval of the Same White People

I saw S.S. Rajamouli’s “RRR” on Netflix this week. It was everything I expected it…

Blood, White and Blue: Immigrants’ Assimilation Into American Mainstream Involves Desensitization to Mass Killings

It is probably time to retire the tired old phrase ‘as American as apple pie.’…

The Spy Who Loved Me: ‘Mission Majnu’ is a RAW Homage to India’s Foreign Intelligence Agents

Duniya mein hum hi akele hain joMaati ko maa kehte hainTum mera dil ho Par Bharat…

A Tribute to Sharad Yadav Who Sought to Reconcile the Competing Interests of India’s Backward Castes and the Dalits

I first met Sharad Yadav in 2014. I had not heard of him before then,…

Stigma and Silence: I Am Adopted. We Don’t Need to Sugarcoat Our Narratives About Adoption

A few days ago, I was on Google trying to do some research about adoptions…

Anniversary of Exile: Elected American Leaders Must Acknowledge the Genocide of Hindus in Kashmir

Kashmir, thought to be named after the ancient Hindu rishi Kashyapa, is an integral part…